Author Archives: Julia Bradley
Blinken to testify to US Congress under shadow of Israel policy divides
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to make his case for President Joe Biden's $64 billion foreign affairs budget request in four congressional hearings this week, ami...
May 21, 2024 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department in Washington, U.S., May 17, 2024. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo
Iranian President Raisi's memorial muted amid public discontent
DUBAI (Reuters) - Thousands of Iranians turned out to mourn President Ebrahim Raisi in the city of Tabriz on Tuesday, after he was killed in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border at the weeken...
May 21, 2024 People attend a funeral ceremony for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, May 21, 2024. Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
One dead, 30 reported injured as Singapore Airlines flight hit by turbulence
BANGKOK (Reuters) -A Singapore Airlines flight from London made an emergency landing in Bangkok on Tuesday due to severe turbulence, officials said, with one passenger on board dead and local media re...
May 21, 2024 A Singapore airline aircraft is seen on tarmac after requesting an emergency landing at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, May 21, 2024. Pongsak Suksi/Handout via REUTERS
Nursing home industry unlikely to see much help from Springfield in tough budget year
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - It's been four years since some of the worst scenes of COVID-19 played out in locked-down nursing homes during the early months of the pandemic. But while m...
May 21, 2024 The Illinois House of Representatives, shown during floor debate early in their final scheduled week of the 2024 spring legislative session. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Catholic Diocese of Peoria to undergo restructuring. Here's what we know
PEORIA, Ill. - The Catholic Diocese of Peoria announced over the weekend a restructuring of its parishes and worship sites due to a declining number of local priests. According to the Catholic Diocese...
May 20, 2024 (Catholic Diocese of Peoria via Facebook)
Schumer says US Senate will try again to pass border bill
(Reuters) -U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday the Senate would once again try to pass a bipartisan border security bill this week after a previous attempt failed when enough Repu...
May 20, 2024 FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows asylum-seeking migrants from Colombia, Peru and Panama as they walk to surrender to immigration officials after crossing the border into the U.S. from Mexico in Jacumba Hot Springs, California, U.S., May 16, 2024. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo
Collins: Chance of severe storms Monday-Tuesday
PEORIA, Ill. - There is potential for some severe weather Monday and Tuesday, according to 25 News First Alert Chief Meteorologist Chuck Collins. "We could see isolated severe cells this (Monday) afte...
May 20, 2024 (Midwest Communications)
Iran's hardliner President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed after his helicopter crashed in poor weather in mountai...
May 20, 2024 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attends a meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on the Azerbaijan-Iran border, May 19, 2024. Iran's Presidency/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
GasBuddy: Prices still falling ahead of Memorial Day Weekend
PEORIA, Ill. - Average gas prices in Peoria have dropped 3.1 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.68 on Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 148 stations in Peoria. Peoria's prices are 1...
May 20, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Biden signs sweeping aviation safety, reform bill into law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden signed on Thursday sweeping aviation legislation that will boost U.S. air traffic controller staffing, increase funding to avert runway close-call incidents a...
May 17, 2024 Passengers make their way through the terminal as they travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File photo
